plague

Example Sentences

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She’d been furious and abandoned the kingdom just as a plague was beginning to sweep through.

From Literature

The only kid with enough points for advancement was Elliot, but I was surprised to see how many points my fellow classmates had managed to accumulate while I avoided the tests like the plague.

From Literature

The stock has been plagued by concerns over Venture Global’s legal exposure due to disputes with several of its customers.

From Barron's

The president is nonetheless reputed to have brought a degree of stability back to the country scarred by civil war in the 1990s and to a region plagued by conflict.

From Barron's

Last Sunday’s debacle in an uninspiring and ugly loss to a higher-seeded, more aggressive, more talented and more balanced Celtics team seemed to expose all the flaws that plague this struggling and inconsistent Lakers team.

From Los Angeles Times